Gord Thompson
Independent IT Consultant And Software Developer at self-employed
Calgary, Alberta, Canada
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Top SchoolGord Thompson is an experienced independent IT consultant and software developer based in Calgary with over 30 years of hands-on experience and a decade of recent focused contributions to database tooling and test automation. He specializes in Python and SQLAlchemy work for complex database platforms, with deep practical knowledge of Microsoft SQL Server, MySQL, SQLite and ODBC integration. Gord has notable open-source contributions to widely used projects such as SQLAlchemy, pyodbc and the Microsoft mssql-jdbc driver, where he improved datatype support, temporary table handling, and test frameworks for cross-platform compatibility. His background combines an electrical engineering degree and an MBA, giving him both technical rigor and business perspective when designing custom database applications. Often working behind the scenes, he elevates reliability through careful test automation and dialect-specific fixes that prevent subtle production failures.
9 years of coding experience
MBA, MBA at Queen's University
English
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python10
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Programming languages (7)
Github contributions (5)
mkleehammer/pyodbc
Feb 2018 - Nov 2022
Python ODBC bridge
Role in this project:
QA Engineer / Test Automation Engineer
QA Engineer / Test Automation EngineerContributions:20 reviews, 27 commits, 30 PRs in 4 years 9 months
Contributions summary:Gord's primary contributions focused on enhancing the testing infrastructure and coverage for the `pyodbc` library. Their work included adding tests for SQL Server, MySQL, and PostgreSQL, addressing driver-specific issues, and incorporating new test cases to validate functionality, especially with regard to Unicode and data type handling. Significant changes involved modifying existing tests and adding new tests to address edge cases and known driver limitations for various database systems. They also improved test robustness and compatibility across different database versions and drivers.
pythonbridgedbapidatabaseodbc
sqlalchemy/sqlalchemy
Aug 2019 - Oct 2024
The Database Toolkit for Python
Role in this project:Back-end Developer & Database Engineer
Back-end Developer & Database EngineerContributions:9 reviews, 31 PRs, 1 branch in 5 years 2 months
Contributions summary:Gord primarily contributed to the database aspects of the SQLAlchemy project, focusing on enhancing support for various database platforms. Their work included implementing features for Microsoft SQL Server such as supporting the DATETIMEOFFSET datatype, creating and maintaining functions for working with temporary tables and covering indexes, and fixing issues related to autocommit behavior. Further contributions included correcting SQL syntax for several databases. They also added enhancements for the user-defined functions for the SQLite and the MySQL database.
sqlpythondatabasesqlalchemy
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